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i i J ANDERSON. APPARATUS POB. SHAPNG- GLASSWARE.

No. 401,099. Patented Apr, 9, 1889.

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APPARATUS FOR SHAPING GLASSVVARE.

SPECIFICATION forming per* o ..f:.tt;`rs Patent No. 401,099, dated April 9, 1889.

Application filed November 19, 1837. Serial No. 255,581, (No model.)

i1-he interior oi' the Vessel when it. is removed trou; the mold is necessarily es large in diurne? ter :it the mouth ne et the bese, owing lud the n'itlulrawzil el' the plunger, end when it has been desired to eontract the mouth of the vessel the Work hais heretofore been done by' hund by the use of a tool. This Work requires the Services ol skilled workmen, and it has heen impossible to obtain 'uniformity in the manufactured articles, owing te the tzret that the workmen is guided merely by his eye. It hns :Liso been necessary in sueh vessels to auf tneh the handle after the jug or hon'l has been removed lfrom the mohhwhieh also requires the services ol? a skilled workman and fr seperate opere-tion or manipulation ofthe vessel.

ihe ohjeetof my invention is to provide the meehzinienl menus for performing these opnn-tions, whereby the services of skilled workmen are dispensed with, the labor und time are lessened, and uniformit7 in Shape nud size is obtained.

l will now describe my invention, so that other-S skilled in the art muy nurnu'lfueture and use the sume, reference being had dothe rre eompnnying drawings, forming puri', o1 this specification, in whieh Figure l is o side elevation olf my improved opl'vzirntus. Fig. l is o plnn View of the same. lfig. Il is a vertical sectional view on the line .raz ol' Fig. 2, showing a glass vessel fitting within Lhe former. l is n, vertice-l Seetionul view ol the lower portion or imrt'rix of the former ou the line y y of Fig. 2, the plunger being removed. Fig. is fr vertical sectional view ot' the glass vessel as it uppenrs when removed from t-he mold and before it is plneed in the former. Fig. 0 a like View of the vessel :il'i'er it hns been removed from the former.

" is n vertical seetionnl view on the line 'rossetto the envit-y of the mu-trix.

e' e' of Fig. 5. Fig. S is :i like view on theline l11* l." of Fig. G.

hike letters ol reterfmee indiezilelike ports in eneh.

ln the d rarwings, o, represents the hed-plete, to which :ire seeured by bolts the supporting- Nounted on the posts l; is the inn-trix portion-r ot the former, lnwing n eentrnrl edvity, o,whieh eurves or llores outwardly from the bese to the top or mouth. 'lhe mouth. ol the euvity is beveled or rounded envoy, es et e2, to allow ol. the early adn'iission of the gloss ln one Side oll the matrix e is :L slot or opening, ex tending' lfrom u. point nem.' the buse of the cavity to the top ol the matrix. 'lhe purpose of this slot d is to prevent the matrix from interfering "with the handle el? the glz'iss ves- Sel, the slotnllowing thehnndle to projeet he- .vond und outside olf the hod.' ol" the matrix. Secured by o suite-ble bolt, e, to the bed-plete (5L is the upright die or [ixed plunger j', which extends up through ihe envity Mot the muti-ix o. This die j" indy be eylindrienl in shape, the edge of the top being rounded away, so :is to eonlforin 11o the slizipe of the bottom of the inside oi the glass vessel. At one side of the die j", below the matrix e, :uid secured to the baise of the die, is u die or post, y, having :i rounded inclined upper face, opposite to which the matrix is recessed., es nl; g2. The purpose of this post is to give the required curve to the lipol the gloss vessel. At the reni' of the slotI d is an upright. rod, d', Whioh Vis secured by the holt di to the bed u, und. is slightly curved beelcu'urd at its top. '.lhis rod serves to preserve the sha-pe olf the handle ol the gloss vessehwhieh. handle beers :Lg-:Liner the 'fuee ot the rod :is the vessel is pushed down in theinntrix f.

The operation is nfs l'ollows: The glass piteher or other similar vessel is first formed in the mold in the usuel. manner, excepting that the mold is ol. such shape as to form the lmndle 1' :is u part ot the vessel. lYhen removed from the mold, the juf or pitcher is of the shape shown in Figs. 5 und '7. After the jug hns been. removed 'from the mold `it rebooted, so as to make the glass plastic, and the mouth of the jug is placed over the diej", und the jug is loreed down within the cavity of the matrix c until the bottom (it the j ug' restson the top ot' the dief. The handle o't' thel jug; then passes through the slot fl, the outer portion ol the handle comingin conta-et with the rod ft. As the sot't glass is pressed into the matrix, the mouth ot the vessel is contracted, owing` to theeurved surface ot' `the cavity e', and when the lip portion k comes in contat-.t with tlioeurved surtaeog of the post g it is pressed outward, forming; the lip 7.a. The glass vessel is then lifted out of the ma trix, (the die, being cylindrical, forming no obstacle theretm) and is in the shape shown in liigs. o' and 8.' The function of the die j" is to act as a guide to center the article when it is being inserted into and removed from the matrix.

Although I have shown a matrix or former adapt-ed to forming cream-jugs, the shape or t'orm ot the matrix maybe altered to suit glass vessels of other shapes and designs.

Having' thus described myinvent-ion, what I claim, and desire to secure by 4Letters APatent, is-

l. A t'orm er tor shapin glass articles, which consists in a central guide die or post and an oulor matrix into the cavity of which the article is inserted, said matrix being` of less wid th than t-lleoriginal diameter o't` the article to be shaped and being contracted. .in diameter from the outside imvardly, whereby a compressingI and shaping action on the article .is obtained, substantially as and t'or the purposes described :2. A toi-mer for shaping glass articles, which consists in a matrix into the ravitv ol which the article is inserted, said matrix being less width than the original. diameter ol article to he shaped and heini;l contracted in 3. ln a former t'or shapingl glass articles having a handle or projection, a matrix into the cavity of which the article is inserted, Said imttrixbeingol' less width than the rigtnal diameter ot the article to be shaped and being` contracted in diameter from the oi'l'tsido inwardly, the cavity ot the matrix being-slotted at the side to permit passage oi.' `the handle or l'n'ojection and havingl a guide, d', situate at the rear ot' the slot, suliistantiaily and for the purposes ffloscribed.

i. A former t'orshapingg'lass artirl es, which consists in a matrix int-o the cavity ot' n hich the article is inserted, said matrix being ot' less width than the original diameter ot' tlul article to be shaped and being eontrmeted in diameter from the outside inwardly, wil-roby a compressing and shaping action on the article is obtained, and a lip-.tornan` or di(` at the base et' the said matrix, substnu-tdtv as and tor the purposes deserilnnl.

In. testimony whereof,I l have hereunto set, my hand thislltth day olf \`o\.'ember, i). 11887. 1 

